NEW DELHI: A masjid in the Mustafabad locality of North East Delhi was allegedly set on fire on Tuesday evening by a Hindutva mob.
As per Scroll. in and The Print reporters, who visited the violence-hit area, said the Faroqiya Masjid in Brijpuri Puliya totally vandalized and burnt.
An eyewitness told the reporters that the goons shot at the worshippers who were praying inside the mosque and also lit the religious texts on fire.
The Muezzin was killed by the mob while the imam sustained injuries.
The site where the women had been protesting against the CAA, NRC and NPR was destroyed and burnt debris was visible on every nook and corner of it.
The Faroqiya mosque in Mustafabad was set on fire, allegedly by Hindutva mobs. Photo: Avichal Dubey, The Wire
The Faroqiya mosque in Mustafabad was set on fire, allegedly by Hindutva mobs. Photo: Avichal Dubey, The Wire
Photo from a mosque that was burnt in Brijpuri, on Mustafabad main Road.
Photo from a mosque that was burnt in Brijpuri, on Mustafabad Main Road. Photo: Scroll Staff
Photo from a mosque that was burnt in Brijpuri, on Mustafabad Main Road. Photo: Scroll Staff
Arson attack on a mosque in Mustafabad, Delhi by extremist mob. Extremist mob at Mustafabad’s mosque set the religious text on fire. Photo from a mosque that was burnt in Brijpuri, on Mustafabad Main Road.
A boy hugging holy scriptures which survived the burning of mosques in the Mustafabad area
Temple safe
Noteworthy, the temple in the area remained untouched.
Left anxious by the “simmering tensions”, several Muslim residents from Mustafabad begin leaving the area for “safer places”.
So far 35 people killed in the violence that has gripped the national capital since Sunday night.